Bus risership on the up but challenges linger

New statistics reveal strong passenger growth, but there is some way to go before the bus industry surpasses patronage recorded before the pandemic
 BY Andrew Garnett
New statistics from the Department for Transport reveal that the number of local bus passenger journeys in Great Britain reached 4.04 billion in the year ending March 2024, an 8% increase from the previous year. In England, patronage reached 3.6 billion passneger journeys, a 7% increase on 2023.The Covid-19 pandemic’s de